Please fill out the following form to recommend a track-specific speaker. Thank you for your recommendation. We take all recommendations into consideration.

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What specific seminar topic(s) would you recommend this person to speak on?

Why do you recommend this person? (2-3 sentences)

Describe the speaker's preparation for experience in speaking to diverse audiences. Of particular interest is their work with international, multiethnic, multilingual, and interdenominational audiences.

Describe the speaker's experience in missions and/or in missional living. Note that Urbana specifically focuses on compelling each generation to give their whole lives for God's global mission.

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Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Urbana 18! We rely on the generosity of volunteers like you to perform crucial tasks to help make the conference run smoothly.

There are three volunteer opportunities, please review and choose one: *

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Formerly referred to as a Steward, Full-Time Volunteers agree to arrive in St. Louis by 4pm on Wednesday, December 26 and be available December 27-31 to perform conference specific tasks. Breakfast will be available at participating hotels and Dinner will be provided. Full-time volunteers will be responsible their for travel, lunches, housing, and $100 for registration.

Formerly referred to as a Daily Servant, Part-Time Volunteers can sign up for specific shifts and assignments. For their service, Part-Time Volunteers will be given a day pass to attend one day as a participant.

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Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense (felony or misdemeanor, except for minor traffic violations)? You will need to answer “yes” if you have entered into a plea agreement, including a deferred sentence judgment arrangement, in connection with a criminal charge. *

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Are you an international student? Do you come from a third culture background?

God is on a mission to make all things new and restore them to his good purposes.

Carrie had just gotten involved with InterVarsity only a few months before Urbana 12. While washing dishes, she heard God telling her to go to Urbana. She had no idea what that meant. She then saw a Facebook post with a video about Urbana. She had goosebumps and was teary-eyed at this point. However, she had no idea how to pay for it. She told her friends and family about being called to Urbana and had the funds within three days. At Urbana, she was reminded of a calling God placed on her heart at the age of eight to become a missionary. She was sobbing and fell to the ground. Since then, she has became a student leader in InterVarsity, went on the Bolivia GP, and came on staff.

Employment

We talk about the geographic, cultural, and social insulation surrounding those of us in the United States. Listen to us educators attempt to break free of the cocoon that keeps us from knowing, loving, and listening to our global neighbors. We introduce topics designed to help us think outside the bubble of the United States. Addressing those places where we are unfamiliar or out of step with the rest of the world.

I was regularly challenged to consider what role I might play in God’s global plan. However, the roles that I heard about seemed limited to those of a pastor, or a missionary, or something in alleviating poverty. Those are all clearly important roles, but for some reason those roles just never appealed to me and I felt guilty about it.